So I'm killing of a very important character and in a horrible way. He is killed by one of his closest (and only) friends he really thought he could trust. His friend kills him to show loyalty and for self protection. I'm having trouble thinking of his last words to his friend. Any help?
He kills him to show loyalty? What do you mean by that?
I feel like the last words could be part of a long (but of course not too long, just a couple of lines or so) monologue to the friend, and the character dying gets cut off in the middle. I'm a huge sucker for forgiveness by the person who was killed, and people not getting to properly say goodbye before they die!
Maybe you could have him not say anything at all, but just have him 'speak' through his eyes and facial expressions. Just an idea.
Maybe something about not regretting their friendship, even after everything? Just a thought
HERE'S A FAMOUS LAST WORDS GENERATOR THAT I FIND PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL
or this one
https://www.blogthings.com/whatwillyourfamouslastwordsbequiz/results/?result=1
its a quiz that you can customize for each character
Well for me, I always appreciate deaths that aren't dramatized or melodramatic in any way. It hits harder for me. For example, if you built up a strong relationship between two war buddies, showed them fighting bad guys together, goofing off together, just doing normal buddy-buddy things, and then one day on the battlefield one friend just gets shot down and… that's it. They're dead. And we'll never see him again. Then have the friend who's alive have to deal with that. You could make him freak out, scream, I don't know. But the key is, the guy who died is just gone.
Like in Harry Potter, he just walks in the great hall and sees all the dead, familiar faces… that's war. That's death. They're here, and then they're not. I feel like it makes me appreciate life more, knowing that the people I hold dear could be gone any day.
But that could just be me, and there are definitely lots of opportunities for last words that aren't too melodramatic and work for the story. People actually do the last words thing in real life if they get the chance and want to, anyway.
Maybe no words, but the betrayal in his eyes is the last emotion he has before he dies and it is so strong that the killer almost regrets what he did.